Ratedpeople.com Highlights Simple Steps to Limit Flood Damage

Ratedpeople.com, the UK's biggest matching service for home improvers and recommended tradesmen, has highlighted a number of effective ways for home owners to protect their homes from potential flood damage.

Crashpadder - Book a spare room

Crashpadder is a global homestay network that enables those who have a spare room to earn extra cash. Guests will have the chance to meet new people, avoid the cost of budget hotels and  avoid the discomfort of cheap hostels

Sweet Home 3D - Design and visualize your new home plan

Sweet Home 3D  is a free software  application designed to draw  the plan of a home, arrange furniture  and visualize the result in a 3D view.

Using the existing plan image , users can:

Draw  the walls;  change the color and texture of walls, floors and ceilings; and drag and drop doors, windows and furniture from a catalog

Import user-created or downloaded 3D models

Change the size, orientation, and elevation of each piece of furniture

View the changes from either an arial view or from virtual visitor view point.

Draw dimensions, compute areas  and add text to the plan

Print the 3D plan or export it  to a PDF file or PNG format